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Orhan Pamuk is perhaps Turkey’s greatest living storyteller — a man who, like his country, inhabits and embodies that place between East and West. In his works, he captures the pain and the poetry of two cultures that continually and dangerously misunderstand each other.

But in his new novel “Snow,” Pamuk takes on the extreme tensions of contemporary geopolitics. His protagonist is a “porridge-hearted liberal” with a taste for pornographic videos. His female hero is a passionate Islamist, who commits murder while defending the rights of young women to wear headscarves.

Hear a conversation with occidental novelist, Orhan Pamuk, about his latest novel.

Guests:

Orhan Pamuk, author of “Snow”

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Dick Armey, the former Republican House Majority Leader, is known as a conservative with a folksy flair. He grew up in a place called Can-do, North Dakota and was the first member of his family to attend college.

Early on as a Congressman, Armey slept on the House gymnasium floor to save money on rent. He spent his 18 years in office advocating for smaller government and lower taxes. In 1994, Armey was one of the primary authors of the “Contract with America,” the conservative manifesto that helped the GOP regain control of the House from the Democrats.

Now, in the midst of a heated presidential election, Dick Armey is calling for a third republican revolution, one that brings his party back to basics.

Guests:

Former Congressman and Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey. He is currently Co-Chairman of Freedom Works — a conservative think tank based in Washington DC — and Senior Policy Advisor at Piper Rudnick law firm also based in Washington, DC.